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One of our objectives is to write occasional feature articles on theatre, theatres, and theatre people. You’ll find them archived here.

A Discussion of Tracy Letts’ “The Minutes”

Posted November 30, 2017 Karen Topham2 CommentsPosted in Articles, Musings

Nov. 29, 2017 Warning: Do not read this prior to seeing the play. Major spoilers are included. It will ruin the experience for you. When the audience gets to the end of the 100 minutes or so of Tracy Letts’ The Minutes, they pretty much need to stop and take a breath. It is a brilliant play, to be […]

Paramount Theatre Slices Up the Competition in 49th Jeff Awards

Posted November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Karen TophamLeave a commentPosted in Articles

Chicago theatre celebrated its finest last night at Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, as the 49th Annual Equity Jeff Awards presentation rewarded a wide variety of achievements. There was no doubt whatsoever, though, as to who the big winner was for the evening: Aurora’s Paramount Theatre, which took home a grand total of eight awards (twice […]

Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre: A New Energy in Chicago

Posted October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 Karen TophamLeave a commentPosted in Articles

According to the League of Chicago Theatres, there are about 200 theatre companies in the city of Chicago. Wikipedia also lists about this many, as well as thirty long-standing companies that are now defunct. And that doesn’t even begin to include the multitudes of companies that have appeared for a show or three only to […]

Article: Some Thoughts on Reviewing

Posted October 9, 2017October 25, 2017 Karen TophamLeave a commentPosted in Articles, Meta, Musings

Bevery Friend shares her thoughts on what being a theatre critic is all about… It is far easier to review a bad play than a good one. Opening sentences seem to write themselves! For Hunting Cockroaches, a supposed comedy by Polish playwright Janusz Glowacki, I wrote, “While the characters on stage discussed various ways to […]

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